Transplantation of endothelial progenitor cells as therapeutics for cardiovascular diseases

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1003-1012

  Hung, Huey Shan ^a   Shyu, Woei Cherng ^a   Tsai, Chang Hai ^b,c   Hsu, Shan Hui ^d   Lin, Shinn Zong ^a,e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY BEIGANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cardiovascular diseases; Cell therapy; Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCS)

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1;

AGING; ANGIOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CELL THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE THERAPY;

EID: 74049154827     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368909X12483162196683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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